Background
Macpherson-Grant was the son of Sir John Macpherson-Grant, 2nd Baronet of Ballindalloch and his wife Marion Helen Campbell, daughter of Mungo Nutter Campbell.
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George George Macpherson-Grant
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Education
He was educated at Harrow School and at Christ Church, Oxford and succeeded to the Baronetcy Macpherson-Grant, of Ballindalloch, company
Career
Banff at the age of 11 on the death of his father on 2 December 1850. Macpherson had the oldest herd of polled Aberdeen Angus cattle in Scotland when he started improving the breed. In 1860, he bought a cow named Erica from the Earl of Southesk"s Kinnaird herd which started a famous Ballindalloch bloodline.
Macpherson-Grant also leased the site for the foundation of the Cragganmore whisky distillery in 1869.
He was a Justice of the Peace and a Deputy Lieutenant for Banffshire and Inverness. He held the seat until 1886 when as a Unionist he was defeated by Charles Henry Anderson a Gladstonian Liberal.
Macpherson-Grant lived at Ballindalloch Castle, Elgin and Invereshie House, Inverness. He died at the age of 68.
Macpherson-Grant married Frances Elizabeth Pocklington, daughter of Reverend Roger Pocklington of Walesby, Nottinghamshire on 3 July 1861.
Achievements
Membership
21st United Kingdom Parliament. 22nd United Kingdom Parliament. 23rd United Kingdom Parliament]
In 1879 Macpherson-Grant was elected Member of Parliament for Elginshire and Nairn.
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Nationality
United Kingdom